How individuals choose health insurance: An experimental analysis

European Economic Review

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 799-819

  Schram, Arthur ^a   Sonnemans, Joep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making under uncertainty; Health insurance; Laboratory experiments

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE SYSTEM;

EID: 79960205850     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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